by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Maine
Misjoinder of parties is not ground for dismissal of an action. Parties may be dropped or added by order of the court on motion of any party or of its own initiative at any stage of the action and on such terms as are just. Any claim against a party may be severed and...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Maine
(a) Permissive Joinder. All persons may join in one action as plaintiffs if they assert any right to relief within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the court jointly, severally, or in the alternative in respect of or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence,...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Maine
(a) Persons to Be Joined if Feasible. A person who is subject to service of process shall be joined as a party in the action if (1) in the person’s absence complete relief cannot be accorded among those already parties, or (2) the person claims an interest...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Maine
(a) Joinder of Claims. A party asserting a claim to relief as an original claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, may join either as independent or as alternate claims as many claims either legal or equitable or both, and individually and in the...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Maine
(a) Motion or Application for Settlement. In any action commenced by or on behalf of a minor, the guardian, guardian ad litem, or next friend of such minor may move the court for an order of approval of settlement. If no action has been commenced on a claim by a...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Maine
(a) Real Party in Interest. Every action shall be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest. An executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, trustee of an express trust, a party with whom or in whose name a contract has been made for the benefit of another,...
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